This blog contains a series of movie segments to be used to brainstorm, warm up, follow up, and activate schemata, preparing the students for the topic that will be discussed in class. Here you will find the segments, the lesson plans, and varied topics to foster conversation. You may use the activities for a full two-hour class or they can be used separately to brainstorm or wrap up the topic, focusing on conversation, vocabulary and listening comprehension.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Race: Jesse Owens

Work in groups:

1. Do you like the Olympic Games? What sports do you like following and why?

2. What sports do you think your country is strongest at?

3. Are the Olympics an event for sports or is politics important as well?

4. What's your opinion about doping? What should the consequences to the athlete be?

5. Read the passage about Jesse Owens, Are sports and politics connected in his case? What lessons can we learn from that event?

Jesse Owens was an extremely important athlete. He participated in the Berlin Olympics. Interestingly,
through 1936 Berlin Olympics, Adolf Hitler intended to showcase the Nazi German
domination and power. Nazi propaganda created hype about alleged ‘Aryan racial
superiority’. However, Owens, changed this perception by winning four gold
medals.

He participated in
four events at the Berlin Olympics, winning each of them. While at the 100m
sprint he created a world record at 10.3 seconds, in the long jump with a leap
of 8.05 m, he became the No. 1 player. He also won 200 m (20.7 seconds), and
4x100 m relay (39.8s).

Unlike earlier when
he had to lodge in at ‘black-only’ hotels and eat at ‘black-only’ restaurants,
the victory at the Berlin Olympics changed the perception of people as he was
allowed to stay at the same hotel with other White athletes or eat at the same
joint. He was also offered a sponsorship by Adidas athletic shoe company for
promoting the Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik shoes.

Owens was not
honoured by the then President Franklin Roosevelt who neither invited him to
the White House as was atypical for champions, nor congratulated him for the
superlative success. It was only in 1955 that President Dwight D. Eisenhower
honoured him by naming him an ‘Ambassador of Sports’.

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I'm a teacher at Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil. I'm a Branch Coordinator and Teacher Trainer as well. I really like movies and seeing them with "different" eyes, trying to see how I can use them in my classroom. Recently, I have dedicated my ideas to grammar activities with movie segments because, apparently, teachers use movies for many purposes, but grammar. Working with movie segments fosters students' production and interest. I truly believe that grammar exercises should be attractive. I have just developed a new blog for movie segments to enhance topic based classes, focusing on conversation, listening comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. If you have suggestions for the blogs and the activities, just say it!

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